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Cosmetic dentistry is all about someone's smile,
but I think it's more than that.
It's more about people's confidence.
When people walked in to our office
and will sit down on our consultation
we will find out their story.
We find out it's less about the way their teeth look,
it's more about what's happening outside of their mouth.
We hear stories about
how they're embarrassed to talk to their costumers,
how they’re embarrassed to smile,
how they’re embarrassed to take photographs
and how they avoid smile.
Many patients that come in
have a tendency to cover their mouth
a little bit when they smile
because their embarrassed the way they look.
Cosmetic dentistry to me
is one of the most enjoyable things I can do.
Because when I work on the back of someone’s mouth,
as long as it doesn’t hurt and they don’t feel it,
they think it’s great.
I can tell you many stories of patients
when we’re done and they came off,
and how they got choked up
because we’ve changed their lives.
I can remember one story of a husband
of a patient of ours and she sent him to our office.
She came in and gave us a big hug
and she told us that her husband is just a changed man.
He used to sit in the back at parties
and things like that and never interact with families and friends.
And now that he’s got more of a confident smile,
he’s able to interact and join in conversations.
That really means a lot to me
because we put a lot of hard works and efforts
into learning the tools and trade of order to put the teeth in the right way.
And the interesting thing about it is
many of the patients who have cosmetic problems
are from one teeth or teeth
that are shifted in the wrong way over years
of not functioning properly.
And when we put them in the right spot,
they always look the best.
It really tells the truth that form follows function.
Teri, a patient of ours came to us
and she was interested in getting a more confident smile.
She had two teeth in the front that she just didn’t really like.
When I did come see him my teeth were crossed
in the front mainly and so he did,
he recommended an orthodontist when I saw him
and then came back here and he did veneers.
Her commercials about
how you can get teeth in the day get veneers done,
which allows her to not have to go through any braces.
She walks in and she’s got that confident smile before she leaves.
When we sat down and we did the examination,
we found out that in order for me to do that,
I would have to take two much tooth structure way.
I explained to Teri that to do it correctly,
you would need to go through some types of orthodontics movement
to move the teeth in the right position first.
She accepted this treatment.
We move the teeth in the right spot
and the best part about that is that I was able to do very minimal amount of dentistry.
The least amount of dentistry I can give you is the best for you.
So what we are trying to figure out is the way to do the least invasive amount of treatment we can.
Sometimes that has to do with
orthodontics movement of teeth first
so we can just add material to the teeth instead of take away tooth.
What that’s going to do is
keep the strength of the teeth
and my goal is to have you keep your teeth for lifetime.